DIAKITE v. I.N.S.

No. 98-3907.

179 F.3d 553 (1999)

Abdoulaye DIAKITE, also known as Mike Forbes, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Blakeley, South Bend, IN, for Petitioner.

Janet Reno, Office of the United States Attorney General, Washington, DC; Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL; Quynh Vu, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Abdoulaye Diakite, a citizen of Liberia who failed to leave the United States when his visa expired, has been ordered deported for that reason plus his convictions for theft, forgery, and robbery. The Board of Immigration Appeals concluded that these are "serious" crimes that disentitle Diakite to consideration of his application for withholding of deportation. Now the INS asks us to dismiss his petition for review, on the ground that the crimes activate...

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